Meritage is Doubling Down on Columbia’s “Massive Competitive Advantage” Says Distrib

Dear Client:  Reuters thought it caught whiff of a potential blockbuster distrib deal, alleging in a recent article that family office Meritage was exploring a $2 billion sale of Columbia Distributing, which is of course the largest total beverage wholesaler in the Pac Northwest, and one of the largest in the country (h/t to BMI for finding the article first).   Such a deal “could value the U.S. beverage distributor at about $2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with